Death of baby in Skokie day-care home ruled homicide

The death last month of 13-month-old girl in an unlicensed day-care home in Skokie was ruled a homicide by the Cook County medical examiner on Wednesday.

The cause of Jordan Elizabeth Bowering's death Feb. 5 was suffocation, according to a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text).

FOR THE RECORD - This story contains corrected material.The story as published gave an incorrect date of death in the homicide case of 13-month-old Jordan Elizabeth Bowering. She died Feb. 5.

Jordan was one of five children being cared for in the home of Gary Graham, 49, and Dianna Graham, 44, of the 3900 block of West Fargo Avenue, police said. The children ranged in age from 13 months to 7 years, and none was related to the Grahams.

The Grahams were charged with a misdemeanor for operating a day-care facility in their home without a license, according to police. They posted bail and were scheduled to appear in court later this month on that charge.